VANWALL: THE STORY OF TONY VANDERVELL AND HIS RACING CARS
Written by Denis Jenkinson, Cyril Posthumus
Published by Patrick Stephens
in 1975
ISBN: 0850591694
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VANWALL: THE STORY OF TONY VANDERVELL AND HIS RACING CARS
Written by Denis Jenkinson, Cyril Posthumus.
Stock no. 1327471
1st.
1975.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Tony Vandervell, the founder of world-famous bearing manufacturers Vandervell Products Ltd, was the driving force behind the Vanwalls. Invaluable insight into the character of Tony Vandervell and what went into the building and racing of his team of Vanwall cars. Green cloth boards, white titles. B/w photos. 176 pages. ISBN: 0850591694. Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers are lightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased with a tiny nick to top of spine.
VANWALL: THE STORY OF TONY VANDERVELL AND HIS RACING CARS
Written by Denis Jenkinson, Cyril Posthumus.
Stock no. 1826214
1st.
1975.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Tony Vandervell, the founder of world-famous bearing manufacturers Vandervell Products Ltd, was the driving force behind the Vanwalls. Invaluable insight into the character of Tony Vandervell and what went into the building and racing of his team of Vanwall cars. Green cloth boards, white titles. B/w photos. 176 pages. ISBN: 0850591694. Board edges rubbed, top rear corner bumped. Endpapers browned. Foxing to text block. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing to prelims. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges.
Front cover
Contents
- 1. Men, machines and motives
- 2. Beginnings
- 3. Feeling their way
- 4. An idea born
- 5. Getting things going
- 6. The long hard road
- 7. the slings and arrows
- 8. Making headway
- 9. On the offensive
- 10. To victory we steer
- 11. Fulfilment
- 12. Joy and grief
- Epilogue
- On a personal note by Dennis Jenkinson
- Appendix 1: Race results
- Appendix 2: Details of cars raced by the Vandervell team, 1949-1961
- Appendix 3: Vandervell team drivers, 1949-1961
- Appendix 4: Concerns which assisted in the construction and development of the Vanwall